G                                        D
Good-bye Joe, me gotta go,  me - oh,   my - oh
                      D7              G
Me gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou
                                      D
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me  -  oh,  my - oh
                       D7          
Son of a gun,  we'll gonna big fun on the bayou

G                                   D
Jumbalaya   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo
                            D7        G
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami - oh
                                    D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay - oh
                            D7           G
Son of a gun,  we'll gonna big fun on the bayou

G                                        D
Thibodaux,  Fountaineaux,  the place is buzzin'
                      D7             G
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen
                                                  D
Dress in style, go hog wild,  me - oh,  my - oh
                            D7           G
Son of a gun,  we'll gonna big fun on the bayou

G                                   D
Jumbalaya   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo
                            D7        G
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami - oh
                                    D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay - oh
                            D7           G
Son of a gun,  we'll gonna big fun on the bayou

G                                       D
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue
                        D7           G
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou
                                    D
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh
                          D7           G
Son of a gun we'll gonna big fun on the bayou